Avoid if possible - Anonymous employee SocialLadder Employee Review

2.0
Mar 12, 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Casual environment, work hard but have fun as well

Cons

Be prepared to work long hours with low pay, have poor to nonexistent work-life balance, be spoken to disrespectfully by your colleagues, receive false promises and minimal coaching from management, and constantly change processes. Managers are entrepreneurs, not good leaders. They don't know how to work positively, constructively or empathetically with employees, inspire motivation, or educate. Cutthroat environment, unchecked bad behaviors and lack of accountability breed hostility and resentment among staff.

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5.0
Mar 17, 2026
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Pros

The company is very flexible with your schedule. They trust the work you do, so as long as you are doing a good job, they are happy. Unlimited PTO is also a huge plus that gives you some extra space to breathe when you have worked really hard for a long time and just want a few days off to recover.

Cons

The product is great, but due to its complexity, it becomes difficult for new hires to learn the platform quickly.

2.0
Jun 1, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The office had decent coffee, and the tea, was not openly hostile toward each other.

Cons

- The company had no clear definition of what success looked like for any assignment. - Work was repeatedly reassigned midstream, leaving projects unfinished and priorities constantly in conflict. - Meetings were frequent but failed to produce clear deliverables, timelines, or direction. - Strategy shifted depending on who was present, with no stable roadmap or documentation to guide execution. - Vague concepts like alignment and bigger picture thinking were used in place of actual actionable direction. - There was a constant expectation for faster output even when goals and requirements kept changing. - The result was ongoing disruption that made it impossible to complete work in a consistent or meaningful way.

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